News Stories

March 17, 2016

Students to compete on ABC’s ‘BattleBots’

Four RIT students will be competing in the second season of BattleBots, the hit TV show in which robots duel to the death. The team flies to Los Angeles in April.
March 17, 2016

Club volleyball finishes second in division

RIT’s women’s club volleyball team finished second in their division of the Northeast Women’s Volleyball Club League, their best finish in their four-year history.
March 17, 2016

But first, let me go to a selfie conference

The significance of the selfie, self-portraits and social media are the topics of RIT’s seventh William A. Kern Conference in Visual Communication, April 14-16.
March 16, 2016

RIT ranked among best graduate schools

Six graduate programs are ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, demonstrating the depth and breadth of quality educational opportunities.
March 15, 2016

Game design student wins Intel Award

Juliann Internicola has been selected for an Intel Scholars award at the 2016 Game Developers Conference, the world’s largest professional gaming industry event of the year.
March 15, 2016

RIT ranks among top video-game design schools

RIT is one of the top schools in the world to study—and launch a career in—game design for 2016, according to new international rankings from The Princeton Review.
March 14, 2016

RIT heads to Game Developers Conference

More than 100 RIT students, faculty, alumni and staff will travel to San Francisco this week to attend the world’s largest professional gaming industry event of the year.
March 14, 2016

RIT nationally recognized as ‘Diversity Champion’

INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has recognized RIT as a Diversity Champion, one of the first colleges and universities in the nation to receive the designation.
March 11, 2016

Doreen Edwards appointed dean of KGCOE

Doreen Edwards, who is currently dean of the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred University, will join RIT on July 1.
March 10, 2016

RIT to host chief climate scientist Monday

David Reidmiller, lead climate technology negotiator with the U.S. Department of State, will discuss the climate change talks in Paris on March 14.
March 10, 2016

NTID forms performing arts advisory committee

The committee will engage in community outreach, promote greater community involvement in theater, increase opportunities for student participation and promote ASL theater.
March 10, 2016

RIT Bhangra president organizes Bollywood gala

Meet Shruti Kapoor, a third-year new media marketing and international global studies major and president of RIT Bhangra.